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Update:
Played again a couple of hours and did 0 money like usual.

I did run in a couple of setups with my pocket 22. I might have played them wong by shoving on flop, and isolating myself or might have played them right and just run bad.
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Poker Stars, $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 9 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $2.84 (142 bb)
BB: $1.71 (85.5 bb)
UTG+1: $2.03 (101.5 bb)
UTG+2: $0.86 (43 bb)
MP1: $2.41 (120.5 bb)
MP2: $2.03 (101.5 bb)
MP3: $2 (100 bb)
Hero (CO): $2.09 (104.5 bb)
BTN: $2.91 (145.5 bb)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 2 2
5 folds, Hero raises to $0.06, BTN folds, SB calls $0.05, BB folds

Flop: ($0.14) 8 9 2 (2 players)
SB bets $0.07, Hero raises to $2.03 and is all-in, SB calls $1.96

Turn: ($4.20) T (2 players, 1 is all-in)
River: ($4.20) A (2 players, 1 is all-in)

Results:

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Poker Stars, $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 9 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $1 (50 bb)
Hero (BB): $2.27 (113.5 bb)
UTG+1: $2.44 (122 bb)
UTG+2: $1.54 (77 bb)
MP1: $0.90 (45 bb)
MP2: $1.02 (51 bb)
MP3: $2 (100 bb)
CO: $2.08 (104 bb)
BTN: $2 (100 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 2 2
2 folds, MP1 raises to $0.07, 2 folds, CO calls $0.07, BTN calls $0.07, SB folds, Hero calls $0.05

Flop: ($0.29) 2 Q J (4 players)
Hero checks, MP1 checks, CO checks, BTN bets $0.15, Hero raises to $2.20 and is all-in, MP1 folds, CO calls $2.01, BTN folds

Turn: ($4.46) 7 (2 players, 1 is all-in)
River: ($4.46) 7 (2 players, 1 is all-in)

Results:

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I may be playing a little bit poker again later this evening.... will see.

Played another couple of hours but run bad again.

Today
Tough session again today. Hit in alot of coolers, some bad beats, some stupid calls on river when flush got there and so on.

Some of the hands lost today:
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Cooler ...
Poker Stars, $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 9 Players
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SB: $2.02 (101 bb)
BB: $1.58 (79 bb)
UTG+1: $4.65 (232.5 bb)
UTG+2: $2.03 (101.5 bb)
MP1: $4.11 (205.5 bb)
Hero (MP2): $2 (100 bb)
MP3: $1.40 (70 bb)
CO: $2.43 (121.5 bb)
BTN: $0.86 (43 bb)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with K K
2 folds, MP1 raises to $0.07, Hero raises to $0.22, 5 folds, MP1 raises to $0.69, Hero calls $0.47

Flop: ($1.41) 3 9 J (2 players)
MP1 bets $1.36, Hero calls $1.31 and is all-in

Turn: ($4.03) 2 (2 players, 1 is all-in)
River: ($4.03) 6 (2 players, 1 is all-in)

Results:

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One of the most fucked up hands seen this year
Poker Stars, $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
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Hero (SB): $2 (100 bb)
BB: $2 (100 bb)
UTG: $1.97 (98.5 bb)
MP: $2 (100 bb)
CO: $2.27 (113.5 bb)
BTN: $2 (100 bb)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 5 5
UTG raises to $0.06, 3 folds, Hero calls $0.05, BB calls $0.04

Flop: ($0.18) A 5 2 (3 players)
Hero bets $0.11, BB raises to $0.36, UTG raises to $0.81, Hero raises to $1.94 and is all-in, BB calls $1.58 and is all-in, UTG calls $1.10

Turn: ($5.97) T (3 players, 2 are all-in)
River: ($5.97) 9 (3 players, 2 are all-in)

Results:

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So dead on turn ...
Poker Stars, $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 9 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $3.51 (175.5 bb)
Hero (BB): $3.15 (157.5 bb)
UTG+1: $0.83 (41.5 bb)
UTG+2: $0.96 (48 bb)
MP1: $3.13 (156.5 bb)
MP2: $1.88 (94 bb)
MP3: $0.50 (25 bb)
CO: $1.11 (55.5 bb)
BTN: $1.22 (61 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K 5
3 folds, MP2 calls $0.02, 3 folds, SB completes, Hero checks

Flop: ($0.06) Q 8 J (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $0.03, MP2 calls $0.03, SB folds

Turn: ($0.12) 9 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.07, MP2 raises to $0.28, Hero raises to $3.10 and is all-in, MP2 calls $1.55

River: ($3.78) 8 (2 players, 1 is all-in)

Results:

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"Lucky" me ...
Poker Stars, $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 9 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $1.89 (94.5 bb)
BB: $1.09 (54.5 bb)
UTG+1: $1.34 (67 bb)
UTG+2: $1.53 (76.5 bb)
MP1: $1.76 (88 bb)
MP2: $2.05 (102.5 bb)
Hero (MP3): $2 (100 bb)
CO: $5.55 (277.5 bb)
BTN: $2.02 (101 bb)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with 7 8
UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 raises to $0.06, MP1 calls $0.06, MP2 folds, Hero calls $0.06, 4 folds

Flop: ($0.21) J 6 5 (3 players)
UTG+2 bets $0.04, MP1 raises to $0.08, Hero calls $0.08, UTG+2 calls $0.04

Turn: ($0.45) 4 (3 players)
UTG+2 checks, MP1 bets $0.43, Hero raises to $1.86 and is all-in, UTG+2 calls $1.39, MP1 folds

River: ($3.66) 9 (2 players, 1 is all-in)

Results:

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UPDATE
stake: ZOOM NL2 STARS
hands played: 82.515/60.000
profit: $122.22
bankroll: $164
Graph so far:

I'll finish the month playing at NL2 since I don't have that much time to play until the end of it. I hope to reach 90.000 hands this month.

Added to favs, whats this Tankroll management, can you provide some more info, it seems quite aggressive.

Originally posted by svonja
Added to favs, whats this Tankroll management, can you provide some more info, it seems quite aggressive.

I am not playing tankroll anymore because I can't handle tilt yet and it doesn't allow me to play more than 2 tables of zoom at a time. I like to play at 8 tables of zoom at a time, so I play with a more conservative bankroll because swings can be very bad.

UPDATE
stake: ZOOM NL2 STARS
hands played: 86.680/60.000
profit: $132.49
bankroll: $174
Graph so far:

I am pretty happy with the volume and winrate so far at NL2. I know that it could have been better with both, but hey, at least I have the bankroll to play confortable NL5 here on STARS.

May Objectives:
play at least 75.000 hands (it will be great if I hit 90.000 hands though)
play only zoom tables
post 10 hands for evaluation
comment on 20 hands from evaluation
it will be nice if at the end of the month I will have at least 5bb/100 at NL5
move to NL10 starting from June 1st (maybe too optmistic )

I just noticed something interesting after 100k hands here at zoom NL2. I am wining double the amount of money at FR tables than SH ones.
TOTAL GRAPH:

FR TABLES

SH TABLES

I don't really know why I had the feeling that it was the other way around.

Hi adeee3,

Maybe you adapted better at FR than at SH, the sample is not that big but it still is relevant to take in consideration. Also it seems that you had fewer swings, i'll suggest to try more FR since it looks more profitable and less swingy

Originally posted by teddypoker
Hi adeee3,

Maybe you adapted better at FR than at SH, the sample is not that big but it still is relevant to take in consideration. Also it seems that you had fewer swings, i'll suggest to try more FR since it looks more profitable and less swingy

Hello teddypoker,
I play all the 8 tables at a time and I felt that I was winning more at SH than at FR. The reality was a little bit surprizing to be honest. From this sample, I am better at FR for sure.

I would really love if the guys that are watching from time to time my blog, can spot some big leaks that I can fix as soon as possible. I know that my 3bet stat and cbet stats are to low for example. It would be nice to hear what numbers should be somehow standard for those. Any advice will be apreciated. I will post the stats separately for FR and SH so there will be no confusion about table size. TY!

FR stats

SH stats

i think you are using the same charts of OR for both FR and SH , maybe you should consider change something in your OR on SH. a little bit more of aggresion in the BTN because you have the absolute position. From SB you should tight your range, also W$WSF is to low and fold vs cbet to high. all of these refers to SH.

Originally posted by rommycaRNMD
i think you are using the same charts of OR for both FR and SH , maybe you should consider change something in your OR on SH. a little bit more of aggresion in the BTN because you have the absolute position. From SB you should tight your range, also W$WSF is to low and fold vs cbet to high. all of these refers to SH.

TY rommycaRNMD!
Yes, I am playing similar ranges at both tables and a little bit too loose from SB opening. I fold in general too much to flop cbets.
I fold to 3 barrels from SB almost 100% wich is bad too.
It also seems that I never fold to cbets on river from EP and MP at the SH tables wich is weird.
I call to much preflop from BB with junk hands mostly because there is alot of minraising and calling before me and I think that it might be good to call too with speculative hands wich is not always true.

I am not that good with stats interpretation especially postflop but I'll try to improve this part too.

From today I am not longer touching NL2. I will take a 20 buy ins shot at NL5 Zoom Tables and hope to go well. I lost enough time at NL2, limit at wich I am profitable on every poker platform I've played. This is lifetime graph:

If I will end the month on profit after the 75.000 hands at NL5, I will move to NL10.
May Objectives:
play at least 75.000 hands at NL5
play only zoom tables
post 10 hands for evaluation
comment on 20 hands from evaluation
move to NL10 starting from June 1st (just have to be on pofit at the end of May)

Hello again,

I just played the first session here on Stars at Zoom NL5. The graph:

It went pretty bad so far, mainly because I'm terrible on river play and can't fold when I get raised there.
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Poker Stars, $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
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Hero (SB): $5.02 (100.4 bb)
BB: $5.93 (118.6 bb)
UTG: $5.80 (116 bb)
MP: $5.98 (119.6 bb)
CO: $11.53 (230.6 bb)
BTN: $16.91 (338.2 bb)

Preflop: Hero is SB with T Q
2 folds, CO raises to $0.15, BTN folds, Hero calls $0.13, BB folds

Flop: ($0.35) 2 6 6 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $0.20, Hero calls $0.20

Turn: ($0.75) 5 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $0.40, Hero calls $0.40

River: ($1.55) 3 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.74, CO raises to $2.22, Hero calls $1.48

Results:

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Poker Stars, $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 9 Players
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SB: $1.78 (35.6 bb)
BB: $10.72 (214.4 bb)
UTG+1: $14.28 (285.6 bb)
Hero (UTG+2): $6.84 (136.8 bb)
MP1: $5.87 (117.4 bb)
MP2: $5.56 (111.2 bb)
MP3: $2.05 (41 bb)
CO: $5.07 (101.4 bb)
BTN: $4.60 (92 bb)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+2 with 7 8
UTG+1 folds, Hero raises to $0.15, MP1 folds, MP2 calls $0.15, 5 folds

Flop: ($0.37) 4 4 7 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.17, MP2 calls $0.17

Turn: ($0.71) 6 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.34, MP2 calls $0.34

River: ($1.39) 5 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.66, MP2 raises to $1.65, Hero calls $0.99

Results:

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And that is not all, I busted a stack in an unraised pot like a moron. I had a pretty nice hand though (straight), and couldn't fold.
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Poker Stars, $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
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SB: $5 (100 bb)
Hero (BB): $6.15 (123 bb)
UTG: $4.56 (91.2 bb)
MP: $11.02 (220.4 bb)
CO: $12.26 (245.2 bb)
BTN: $2.86 (57.2 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 2 A
3 folds, BTN calls $0.05, SB completes, Hero checks

Flop: ($0.15) 3 4 Q (3 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, BTN checks

Turn: ($0.15) 5 (3 players)
SB bets $0.14, Hero raises to $0.41, BTN folds, SB raises to $1.37, Hero raises to $6.10 and is all-in, SB calls $3.58 and is all-in

River: ($10.05) 9 (2 players, 2 are all-in)

Results:

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There seems to be a little bit more 3bets at this limit so far, not so much limping anymore, but it is just 3k hands.

Tough NL5 so far. I had pretty big swings in this 10.000 hands played so far at NL5 Zoom. Here is the graph:

Next update will be after I reach 30.000 hands.

I changed my mind. I guess I will be making an update after every 10.000 hands played. So here it is a little one:

I can't make a decent session so far from start till the end. It is like a rollercoaster, up-down and so on. I am not pleased with my play. I am making alot of mistakes, especially in 3bet pots in wich I trully suck big time. It is all only NL5 Zoom. NL2 is history.
I hope that it will go better from now on.